Where: South Canterbury, New Zealand (44.8° S, 171.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 172.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kokoamu Greensand Formation, Whaingaroan (34.3 - 27.3 Ma)
• upper Whaingaroan
•There is no independent evidence that it might be older than the Rupelian Chattian boundary at 28.1 Ma. We therefore use an age of 28.1 27.3 Ma.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce. 2017. A new eomysticetid from the Oligocene Kokoamu Greensand of New Zealand and a review of the Eomysticetidae (Mammalia, Cetacea). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(6):429-469 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179790: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Matapa waihao n. gen. n. sp." = Matapanui waihao
"Matapa waihao n. gen. n. sp." = Matapanui waihao Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017 whale |